Friday, January 30, 2009

The cutest men and the rudest women

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You can find 'em both at my health club. Today, as I was entering the locker room area, a delightful 30-something -- looking all casual ...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Where do they go? What happens to them?

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Long ago I accepted the sad fact that I cannot help everyone who needs it. So I began concentrating my efforts for greater effect -- now it...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Would Blogthings lie?

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They're right, I don't believe it. But I like hearing it anyway. You Are Cute! Believe it or not, you are much more attractive than ...
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And a modern-day Elliott Ness shall lead them

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Here's another reason why I think the Blagojevich affair should drag on and on and humiliate all citizens of Illinois, just when we shou...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

You go, Blago!

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I am watching my governor on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show . I missed him on Nightline , but I did catch him on Good Morning, America and ...
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It's nothing personal, but you all annoy me

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It looks like juice in this coffee cup, but I spiked it with cheap vodka. Because my all my coworkers are bugging me today. I am not their m...
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Heads or Tails #22 -- Loud

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Make any kind of post using "Loud" as your prompt. You can either use the word itself or post about something that IS loud. My ...
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Tuesday Tunes #17

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What music can cure whatever ails you, and why? The most reliable individual day-brightener in this Gal's world is "September"...
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In Praise of Chris Noth

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You're looking at a durable TV star here. He clocked 147 episodes as Mike Logan on Law and Order and Law and Order: Criminal Intent , pl...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

A movie meme! I love movie memes!

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What are your favorite movie musicals? 5) Summer Stock (1950) -- "Forget your troubles, c'mon, get happy!" 4) Mary Poppins (19...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Interview me

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Kwizgiver was interviewed by one of her blog buddies, I thought I'd try it too! Five questions from Kwizgiver to The Gal Herself 1. Th...
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Sunday Stealing #17

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Sunday Stealing: The Sassy Meme 1. If you could say anything you wanted to say to George Bush, what would you say? "Mr. President, I b...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Pity the Wheelers of Revolutionary Road

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I loved this movie, though I may never see it again. Which is unusual for me, since I often re-rewatch films so many times that I can recite...
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Boys will be boys

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For the first time in more than a year, I spent more than just a few minutes talking to one of my favorite people . He got married recently,...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Thank you, Michelle

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Michelle just began stopping by my musings recently and bestowed the "Lemonade" award on my humble blog. Let's see if she sti...
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Look what I got this morning from Mimi!

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The glamorous Ms. Pencil Skirt bestowed this award on me. It classes up the joint, doesn't it? According to the rules you must list you...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

I must never wear this blouse again

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For I just caught sight of myself and I look like a fat pigeon. I think it's partly because it's a mock turtleneck and I look astoni...
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A Chicago Tradition Under Siege

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It's customary for Chicagoans who have had to shovel their own cars free to reserve that on-the-street spot with a chair. (Or a baby str...
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One of us has changed

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I used to love, LOVE this show! For years! Yet tonight I fell asleep on the sofa during tonight's episode. What gives? Is it all the cas...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Is this meme weird?

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Kwizgiver , from whom I stole it, calls this The Weird Question Meme. I'll let you be the judge. If you got trapped in an elevator with ...
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This is kinda true, I guess

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What Your Handbag Says About You You tend to be relaxed throughout the day. You are naturally at peace. You are a high maintenance person. Y...

From the sublime to the ridiculous

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On a day when the world was focused on Illinois' own Barack and Michelle Obama, another Illinois politician had a busy afternoon, as wel...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

They make married love sexy

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I know a lot of married couples. Some of them genuinely like each other and I like watching them interact. But few of them still seem as rom...
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My Grandpa would have loved this speech

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Barack Obama spoke of the fair and honorable America my Grandpa left Germany for, and that he loved and believed in with a pure patriotism t...
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As the Bush era grinds to a close ...

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... amazingly enough the song that keeps running through my head is by (of all people) Barry Manilow. Go figure. I Made It Through The ...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Inaugurals Rock!

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Ok, most Inaugural Addresses are forgettable. But all the historians and speech writers I've heard today agreed on 3 that really stood o...
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Hey! What about Scooter?

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With all the excitement and enthusiasm over the incoming President, it's easy to forget the current President. But as Bush 43's term...

Random 10

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10 songs that sum up your weekend...or were on your weekend playlist...and one picture that relates back. I had my 1980s playlist on this we...
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The perils of sleeping with the television on

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Before I dozed off last night, I heard two things on cable news: (1) that the way Barack Obama brought the previously disenfranchised into t...
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Remind me to NEVER go to India

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Not since Babel has a movie made life in a foreign land look soooo uninviting! Even though it left me feeling like a lottery winner because...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Sorry, not possible

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This morning a rather poopy pundit appeared on MSNBC and said he thought that Obama was going a little overboard with all the Lincoln homage...
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"She's a good kid"

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Spent a few hours with my niece and my mom today, and am reminded anew that Becky can be very thoughtful. She remembered that months ago I h...
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It seemed like a good idea this morning

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Cabin fever has been getting to me. I'm not really an outdoorsy girl in that if I never went camping again, I would still consider mine ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

This was supposed to help. It didn't.

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My art director/partner came by my office yesterday. I asked her to, actually, because I wanted her to get off the dime and finish a proje...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead

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Which old witch? The Freakazoid Bitch ! She and I clashed nearly all the time, because she wasn't about doing the right thing, she simpl...